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As a "Distantly Danish" guy (part of my family came from Denmark several generations ago), and longtime fan of Lego (regardless of being from Denmark), it has been heartening to see that Lego has been able to re-invent itself significantly via Mindstorms, video games, branded/licensing agreements, retail stores, etc.. Fascinating article - this looks at Lego from a "modern marketing" perspective - very Web 2.0 focused.

"Five years ago, Danish toy company Lego was bleeding money to the tune of $300 million in a year. It seemed as though reality had finally caught up with a relic of a pre-video game, pre-internet era. But by last year, Lego was posting double-digit sales increases, and in the first half of 2009, sales were up by nearly a quarter, as many rivals were floundering. How did it turn around? The 77-year-old company took on a variety of marketing and operational changes that have made it look thoroughly modern. "

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Interesting hosted collaboration solution, used primarily for rapid feedback on "designer-oriented" content, such as logos, web designs, etc.. Upload comment you'd like feedback on, invite those you want feedback from, they mark it up (overlay) and/or com

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By Chris Anderson (WIRED, Long Tail) - interesting article, although read the comments, and yes "free" doesn't mean that SOMEONE isn't paying for whatever we're talking about...

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Nice summary of why the harder work of SEO (search engine optimization) pays off far more in the long-term than pure PPC (pay per click). Think of it as sustainable e-marketing.

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Tips on how to engage your audience, actively, in a live, in-person event. Tip 1 - wifi!

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Nice short collection of Office 2.0 tools. The blog on this site is an interesting read, although "colorful" commentary is putting it mildly.

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Go Friend Yourself! (Your Business That Is) The title of the post is a tad misleading, but "Pages" are an interesting twist on Facebook. Allows you to brand your business or products and services, rather than create a group, per se.

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Read about this Seattle-based firm in WIRED magazine article by Dan Pink (discussing the Manga invasion)

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"Automated 1-to-1 Marketing" - a conversation with Brent Hieggelke - Chief Marketing Officer for Touch Clarity (www.TouchClarity.com). How to make your e-marketing ROI *real* through automated testing, and emergent behavior. Onsite automated optimization

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Nice collection of screenshots of "inspirational" web designs

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Interesting quick case studies on automatic, demand-creation based marketing.

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So, web 2.0 infects the 'real world' by tying skype and flickr accounts to printed mini-business-cards. Sadly, the promos have already passed - I'm curious what the quality is like. Is this businesscard 2.0 then? =)

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Stumbled onto this from a BPM blog, to a Lean Process book, and Donald Mitchell's review of that book, to his own profile. Looks interesting, haven't read it yet.

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blog entries and podcasts - have taken a quick look, curious about the podcast content - the summaries certainly read well.

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article by Jon Udell, normally of Infoworld, published on O'Reilly's Digital Media site - covering screencasting and how to do it.

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still trying to figure out what to make of this - but trying it out via plugin to Firefox, seth godin among others is examining this.

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a free version of this dated, but still very relevant advertising classic

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